Monday Update: It’s the calm before the thunder, the weekend before Avengers: Endgame potentially breaks box office records. Warner Bros. horror The Curse of La Llorona debuted on top with $26.3M.

The past two weekends’ leader Shazam! fell -33% to $16.4M for the runner-up spot, while Fox’s drama Breakthrough began in third with $11.2M.

Comparisons

Total box office this weekend was $108.4M.

That’s -2.3% below last weekend and -13.6% below this same weekend last year, when A Quiet Place led with $20.9M.

Year-to-date box office stands at $2.90B. That’s -16.2% behind this same date last year, up from -16.4% after last weekend.

Most analysts are still predicting 2019’s box office to ultimately beat 2018’s, on the strength of this year’s anticipated strong upcoming slate of films, especially sequels.

Demographics

The audience demographics for The Curse of La Llorona and Breakthroughduring their opening weekends were not immediately available.

Among the other eight films in the top 10…

The most male audience in this weekend’s top 10 was Hellboy at 67.3%, while the most female audience was Little at 64.3%.

The most under-25 audience in this weekend’s top 10 was Missing Link at 52.6%, while the most over-25 audience was Hellboy at 78.9%.

A full demographic breakdown of the top 30 movies this weekend, courtesy of BoxofficeProfile by Vertigo, is below. (Click to expand.)

Weekend Actuals (Domestic)

FRI, APR. 19 – SUN, APR. 21

WIDE (1000+)

#

TITLE

WEEKEND

LOCATIONS

AVG.

TOTAL

WKS.

DIST.

1

The Curse of La Llorona

$26,347,631

—

3,372

—

$7,814

$26,347,631

1

Warner Bros. / New Line

2

Shazam!

$16,464,508

-33%

4,183

-123

$3,936

$120,437,864

3

Warner Bros.

3

Breakthrough

$11,282,333

—

2,764

—

$4,082

$14,789,258

1

20th Century Fox

4

Captain Marvel

$9,105,610

6%

2,653

-322

$3,432

$400,031,743

7

Disney

5

Little (2019)

$8,327,435

-46%

2,667

0

$3,122

$29,256,845

2

Universal Pictures

6

Dumbo

$6,621,260

-30%

3,225

-481

$2,053

$101,076,170

4

Walt Disney Pictures

7

Pet Sematary

$4,863,233

-50%

3,146

-439

$1,546

$49,596,308

3

Paramount Pictures

8

Us (2019)

$4,160,050

-39%

2,264

-504

$1,837

$170,341,670

5

Universal Pictures

9

Missing Link

$4,157,285

-30%

3,437

24

$1,210

$12,764,526

2

United Artists Releasing

10

Hellboy

$3,951,098

-67%

3,303

0

$1,196

$19,747,369

2

Lionsgate / Summit

11

After (2019)

$2,381,995

-60%

2,138

0

$1,114

$10,317,144

2

Aviron Pictures

12

Penguins

$2,282,593

—

1,815

—

$1,258

$3,234,350

1

Disney / Disneynature

13

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

$817,435

10%

1,062

240

$770

$159,087,575

12

Universal / DreamWorks Animation

14

The Best of Enemies

$595,987

-70%

1,002

-703

$595

$9,585,764

3

STX Entertainment

LIMITED (100 — 999)

#

TITLE

WEEKEND

LOCATIONS

AVG.

TOTAL

WKS.

DIST.

1

Kalank

$1,276,581

—

320

—

$3,989

$1,786,766

1

FIP

2

Amazing Grace

$603,302

73%

190

132

$3,175

$1,348,118

3

Neon

3

Unplanned

$590,086

-67%

839

-563

$703

$17,207,329

4

Pure Flix

4

Five Feet Apart

$588,782

-62%

709

-764

$830

$45,040,875

6

CBS Films

5

The Mustang

$517,925

-33%

487

-40

$1,064

$4,017,695

6

Focus Features

6

Hotel Mumbai

$493,288

-43%

314

-303

$1,571

$8,906,801

5

Bleecker Street

7

Wonder Park

$463,765

-42%

705

-467

$658

$44,559,837

6

Paramount

8

High Life

$272,127

51%

146

114

$1,864

$668,748

3

A24

9

Teen Spirit

$241,943

455%

696

692

$348

$296,763

2

LD Entertainment / Bleecker Street

10

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral

$146,380

-57%

196

-279

$747

$72,982,614

8

Lionsgate

11

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part

$134,228

-35%

222

-50

$605

$105,574,878

13

Warner Bros.

12

Apollo 11

$100,699

-19%

101

-25

$997

$8,475,123

8

Neon

13

Isn’t It Romantic

$82,638

-7%

145

37

$570

$48,662,844

10

Warner Bros.

14

The Upside

$72,712

-37%

130

-49

$559

$108,144,026

15

STX Entertainment

15

Alita: Battle Angel

$69,247

-17%

116

-33

$597

$85,582,008

10

20th Century Fox

16

Gloria Bell

$63,990

-56%

100

-68

$640

$5,474,212

7

A24

17

Green Book

$49,570

-35%

115

-24

$431

$85,013,886

23

Universal Pictures

18

The Aftermath

$49,451

-70%

234

0

$211

$1,561,707

6

Fox Searchlight

19

They Shall Not Grow Old

$28,520

-39%

115

-77

$248

$17,918,648

18

Warner Bros.

PLATFORM (1 — 99)

#

TITLE

WEEKEND

LOCATIONS

AVG.

TOTAL

WKS.

DIST.

1

No Manches Frida 2

$78,398

-56%

73

-62

$1,074

$9,185,872

6

Lionsgate / Pantelion Films

2

Wild Nights with Emily

$65,293

116%

33

30

$1,979

$104,082

2

Greenwich Entertainment

3

Her Smell

$64,031

73%

24

21

$2,668

$112,873

2

Gunpowder & Sky

4

Little Woods

$57,610

—

33

—

$1,746

$57,610

1

Neon

5

Mia and the White Lion

$50,317

-74%

67

-245

$751

$358,573

2

Ledafilms Entertainment Group

6

Long Day’s Journey Into Night

$48,491

81%

8

5

$6,061

$129,949

2

Kino Lorber

7

Fighting With My Family

$39,980

12%

84

-10

$476

$22,854,086

10

MGM

8

Fast Color

$37,594

—

25

—

$1,504

$37,594

1

Lionsgate

9

Peterloo

$36,812

13%

92

60

$400

$116,683

3

Amazon Studios

10

Under the Silver Lake

$35,270

—

2

—

$17,635

$35,270

1

A24 Films

11

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

$34,622

-63%

32

-29

$1,082

$188,676

2

Well Go USA Entertainment

12

The Beach Bum

$34,375

-43%

36

-64

$955

$3,414,873

4

Neon

13

Escape Room

$28,301

-54%

27

-17

$1,048

$57,000,756

16

Sony Pictures

14

Transit

$26,520

-38%

30

-17

$884

$731,745

8

Music Box Films

15

The Public

$26,429

-58%

43

-54

$615

$484,214

3

Greenwich Entertainment

16

Bohemian Rhapsody

$20,453

-26%

31

0

$660

$216,287,318

25

20th Century Fox

17

Arctic

$20,187

321%

49

38

$412

$2,373,750

12

Bleecker Street

18

Never Look Away

$18,108

32%

10

-6

$1,811

$1,229,955

13

Sony Pictures Classics

19

Monty Python’s Life of Brian (40th Anniversary)

$18,005

—

47

—

$383

$150,180

2

Trafalgar Releasing

20

Rafiki

$16,016

—

6

—

$2,669

$21,408

1

Film Movement

21

High on the Hog

$15,125

—

5

—

$3,025

$15,125

1

Indican Pictures

22

CATVIDEOFEST 2019

$13,632

839%

8

5

$1,704

$427,171

10

Oscilloscope

23

Run The Race

$12,191

-20%

39

14

$313

$6,412,875

9

Roadside Attractions

24

Capernaum

$9,383

31%

11

-3

$853

$1,643,812

19

Sony Pictures Classics

25

Ramen Shop

$7,238

-24%

10

2

$724

$41,222

5

Strand Releasing

26

Hagazussa

$6,041

—

11

—

$549

$6,041

1

Doppelganger Releasing

27

Working Woman

$5,121

-57%

3

-4

$1,707

$30,774

4

Zeitgeist

28

Sunset

$5,063

-61%

6

-12

$844

$103,776

5

Sony Pictures Classics

29

Sauvage / Wild

$4,968

-33%

1

0

$4,968

$20,962

2

Strand Releasing

30

Faith, Hope & Love

$4,856

-42%

5

-2

$971

$187,093

6

ArtAffects Entertainment

31

3 Faces

$4,711

161%

6

2

$785

$63,081

7

Kino Lorber

32

Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, and the Student’s Journey

$4,282

-54%

2

1

$2,141

$17,802

2

Kino Lorber

33

Babylon

$3,584

88%

6

2

$597

$76,984

7

Kino Lorber Films

34

The Invisibles

$3,534

-54%

6

-4

$589

$395,375

13

Greenwich Entertainment

35

Birds of Passage

$3,309

52%

7

-2

$473

$505,476

10

The Orchard

36

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

$3,237

—

1

—

$3,237

$3,237

1

Zeitgeist Films

37

Grass

$2,774

—

1

—

$2,774

$2,774

1

Cinema Guild

38

Christ Stopped at Eboli

$2,394

-68%

1

0

$2,394

$38,874

3

Rialto Pictures

39

The Sower

$1,597

—

2

—

$799

$33,549

8

40

Police Story and Police Story 2

$1,388

-65%

1

-1

$1,388

$109,831

12

Janus Films

41

Made Me Do It

$1,360

—

1

—

$1,360

$5,948

2

Indican Pictures

42

The Hummingbird Project

$1,249

-77%

5

-14

$250

$370,949

6

The Orchard

43

Suburban Birds

$1,029

132%

2

1

$515

$7,617

3

Cinema Guild

44

Knife+Heart

$978

-60%

3

-3

$326

$29,565

6

Altered Innocence

45

The Wild Pear Tree

$900

333%

1

0

$900

$30,675

12

Cinema Guild

46

Hotel By The River

$805

360%

1

0

$805

$23,765

10

Cinema Guild

47

Stan & Ollie

$750

-76%

6

-2

$125

$5,454,843

17

Sony Pictures Classics

48

Styx

$652

-63%

2

-1

$326

$61,769

8

Film Movement

49

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

$625

—

1

—

$625

$112,300

32

Cinema Guild

50

Sorry Angel

$527

-54%

1

-1

$527

$30,339

10

Strand Releasing

51

Off Season

$465

0%

1

0

$465

$11,005

6

Indican Pictures

52

Screwball

$449

—

3

—

$150

$13,576

4

Greenwich Entertainment

53

Virginia Minnesota

$325

—

1

—

$325

$15,482

8

Indican Pictures

54

The Last Resort

$211

-56%

2

1

$106

$156,850

18

Kino Lober Films

55

Ruben Brandt, Collector

$135

-75%

3

-6

$45

$113,757

10

Sony Pictures Classics

Sunday Update: In another quiet weekend before the coming storm of Avengers: Endgame, Warner Bros./New Line captured the No. 1 spot for the third weekend in a row with The Curse of La Llorona, which rode the horror wave to an estimated $26.5 million in its debut. Elsewhere, Disney’s release of Fox’s Breakthrough (the first Fox title to hit the market following the finalization of Disney’s acquisition of the studio) also performed well in its opening, while Disneynature’s latest documentary Penguins came in below expectations.

Marketed as being “from the producers of the Conjuring Universe,” The Curse of La Llorona certainly benefitted from its connection to one of the genre’s most popular franchises. The stronger-than-expected opening even came in a couple notches above the Stephen King adaptation Pet Sematary, which debuted to $24.5 million just three weeks ago. Though reviews were underwhelming, the film’s 32% Rotten Tomatoes average didn’t deter hardcore Conjuring fans, who also powered last year’s critically-panned The Nun to a $53.8 million opening. The Cinemascore on this one was a “B-,” which is decent for the genre, though with Endgame waiting in the wings La Llorona is almost certainly a one-weekend wonder. It’s worth noting that the film’s appeal to Latinx audiences may also have been a factor in its success this weekend.

Falling to second place after two weekends at No. 1 was the superhero comedy Shazam!, which held up remarkably well with an estimated $17.3 million in its third weekend of release. That’s a drop of just 29% for the DCEU installment, which now has a robust $121.3 million. The film will no doubt take a bigger hit when Endgame saturates the box office next weekend, but luckily Shazam! made the most of its three-week window.

In third, the faith-based drama Breakthrough took advantage of the Easter holiday and brought in an estimated $11.1 million, a healthy opening that fell more or less in line with expectations. That’s a couple ticks lower than Miracles from Heaven, which brought in $14.8 million over Easter weekend 2016. Nonetheless, this ranks as the best opening for a Christian-themed release since I Can Only Image debuted to $17.1 million last March.

Breakthrough had a number of things going for it, including a well-known cast (This Is Us star Chrissy Metz, Josh Lucas, Topher Grace), decent reviews (it has a 64% Rotten Tomatoes average), the extended holiday frame, and the fact that many schoolchildren were out on Spring Break last week. The film, which got a jump-start on the weekend by opening on Wednesday, now has a total of $14.6 million. Audiences awarded it an “A” Cinemascore, suggesting it will enjoy strong-word-of-mouth going forward.

Rising two spots to fourth place thanks to excitement over the imminent release of Avengers: Endgame was Disney’s Captain Marvel, which grossed an estimated $9.1 million in its seventh weekend of release. Last week, the superhero blockbuster surpassed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to become the seventh highest-grossing MCU release in North America, and this weekend’s gross (somewhat conveniently) tipped it just past the $400 million mark, which also makes it the seventh MCU release to hit that benchmark. Captain Marvel will now almost certainly outgross both Captain America: Civil War ($408 million) and Iron Man 3 ($409 million) by the end of its run to land at No. 5 on the list of all-time MCU installments.

Fifth place went to Little, the Will Packer-produced fantasy-comedy that opened to a healthy $15.4 million last weekend. The Universal release held well in weekend two, dipping 45% to an estimated $8.45 million. That brings its total to a good $29.3 million after ten days of release.

Dumbo held well over Easter weekend, falling to sixth with an estimated $6.8 million in its fourth weekend of release, a drop of just 27% from last weekend. That brings the total for the Disney live-action remake to $101.3 million so far. In seventh place, Pet Sematary grossed an estimated $4.85 million for a total of $49.5 million after three weeks, while eighth went to UA’s Missing Link, which dropped just 26% to an estimated $4.36 million in its second weekend. Despite that solid hold, the latest stop-motion release from Laika stands at a disappointing $12.3 million.

Rounding out the Top 10, Universal’s Us brought in an estimated $4.26 million in ninth place for a total of $170.4 million after six weeks, while tenth went to last weekend’s newcomer Hellboy, which plummeted 67% in its second weekend to an estimated $3.88 million. The Lionsgate/Summit release has just $19.6 million in its first ten days, marking the reported $50 million production as one of the most notable disappointments of the season.

Falling outside the Top 10 with an estimated $2.3 million was Penguins, which notched the lowest-ever debut for a Disneynature release despite opening on 1,812 screens (the second-highest of the series). Indeed, it made only around half of what the previous lowest-grosser Monkey Kingdom managed in its $4.5 million debut on the same weekend four years ago. Like Breakthrough, Penguins got an early jump on the weekend, bringing its total to $3.3 million since opening on Wednesday.

Limited Release:

A24’s Under the Silver Lake debuted on two screens this weekend and brought in an estimated $40K, giving it a per-screen average of roughly $20K. The new film from It Follows director David Robert Mitchell – which the studio itself describes as “polarizing” (its Rotten Tomatoes average is 53%) – expands into more markets next weekend while simultaneously debuting on home entertainment platforms.

Overseas Update:

The Curse of La Llorona took in an estimated $30 million in 71 overseas markets this weekend, making it the No. 1 film internationally. Totals in key Latin American markets included $5.3 million in Mexico and $2.4 million in Colombia.

Shazam! grossed an estimated $22 million, bringing its international cume to an excellent $201.5 million and its worldwide total to $322.8 million. Top market tallies so far include China with $43.5 million, the U.K. with $15.4 million and Mexico with $14.2 million.

With an estimated $6.5 million overseas this weekend, Captain Marvel has now become the eighth highest-grossing superhero release of all time globally with $1.0985B. Its international gross now stands at $689.5 million.

Finally, Dumbo grossed an estimated $13.7 million internationally, bringing its overseas cume to $206.6 million and its worldwide total to $307.9 million, albeit off a steep $170 million reported budget.